by superadmin | Jul 13, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog, Uncategorized
The Rev. Twila Smith Grace & Mediator, Allentown “… for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” – Romans 11:29 All around we see the needs, we hear the cries, to work together for better outcomes, to do things differently. Yet even in...
by superadmin | Jul 12, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Twila Smith Grace & Mediator, Allentown “If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; and if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy.” – Romans 11:16 We’re trying things. At both parishes where I serve,...
by superadmin | Jul 11, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Twila Smith Grace & Mediator, Allentown “So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.” – Romans 11:5 Through the dormant...
by superadmin | Jul 9, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Todd Moffet Christ Church, Susquehanna But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they to proclaim him unless...
by superadmin | Jul 8, 2016 | Pentecost Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
Todd Moffet Christ Church, Susquehanna Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel: “Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the LORD has sworn to their ancestors to give them; and you...